Cooler, yet still muggy with spotty rain chances in southeast Nebraska

Many in Lincoln this morning were waking up to about 0.5-1″ of rainfall overnight.

Here’s a rain gauge from west Lincoln shared with us of one of those higher rain totals measuring closer to 1″ toward Coddington and West A Street.

Courtesy: Harley Horton

Temperatures slide back into the 80s for the next couple of days with spotty chances both Thursday and Friday.

Thursday is our 2nd annual school supply drive to benefit Lincoln Community Learning Centers! Our drive will go from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to collect school supplies, and the weather should be mostly cloudy yet still humid.

High temperatures this Thursday will only be in the 80s thanks to cloud cover and a north breeze.

Humidity will still make it feel very warm in the afternoon: the heat index will be in the middle and upper 80s across southeast Nebraska, closer to 90 along the Missouri River.

The cold front from yesterday stalls out over far southeast Nebraska, and that will be the area where storms redevelop this afternoon. That is largely expected to happen south and east of Lincoln toward the Kansas and Missouri borders.

A Flood Watch has been issued for Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee and Richardson counties in southeast Nebraska from 4 p.m. Thursday until 7 a.m. Friday.

That area has already seen 2-3.5″ of rain and could see another 3-5″ into Friday morning. Localized flash flooding will be possible.

There is no risk for severe weather in southeast Nebraska today, but a Marginal (Level 1 of 5) risk is in place for the Panhandle for a possible hail and wind threat as storms move in this afternoon and evening.

Friday will be cool again with another forecasted high in the lower 80s. Spot storms will be possible once again.

We’ll then welcome the sun and hotter temperatures over this weekend. Hottest days coming up look to be Sunday and Monday.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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